Patents by Inventor Yateng HONG

Yateng HONG has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11140604
    Abstract: A system that determines a cell density and cell type in an area corresponding to a location of a user equipment; determines a mobility state of the user equipment based on the determined cell density and the determined cell type; and controls cell reselection for the user equipment based on the determined mobility state of the user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiaodong Xu, Cuibo Yu, Yateng Hong, Ya Liu, Cong Zheng, Liyao Wei, Xiaojia Song, Zhongbin Qin
  • Patent number: 11089531
    Abstract: A management apparatus, a measurement apparatus, a management method, a measurement method, and a digital device. The management apparatus at a user equipment side of a wireless communication system includes: a measurement unit, configured to perform wireless resource management measurement on reference signals of a target cell; an interference determination unit, configured to determine whether the interference of the measurement result meets a preset condition, and marking the measurement result with the interference meeting the preset condition as a high interference measurement result; a filtering unit, configured to perform layer-3 filtering on the measurement result; and a mobility management unit, configured to perform mobility management on the user equipment according to the high interference measurement result. Reliable and accurate measurement of reference signals in a small cell scenario is realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiaodong Xu, Xi Ke, Mingyang Li, Yang Liu, Yateng Hong, Ya Liu
  • Patent number: 10638494
    Abstract: A New Carrier Type (NCT) Secondary Component Carrier (SCC) activation control device and method, an management method and a base station device. The activation control device includes: a measuring module configured to perform radio link measurement to an SCC by measuring at least one of a demodulation reference signal DM-RS and a channel status indicator reference signal CSI-RS; and an activation control module configured to perform activation control to the SCC based on a measurement result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaodong Xu, Yateng Hong, Ya Liu
  • Publication number: 20200120574
    Abstract: A management apparatus, a measurement apparatus, a management method, a measurement method, and a digital device. The management apparatus at a user equipment side of a wireless communication system includes: a measurement unit, configured to perform wireless resource management measurement on reference signals of a target cell; an interference determination unit, configured to determine whether the interference of the measurement result meets a preset condition, and marking the measurement result with the interference meeting the preset condition as a high interference measurement result; a filtering unit, configured to perform layer-3 filtering on the measurement result; and a mobility management unit, configured to perform mobility management on the user equipment according to the high interference measurement result. Reliable and accurate measurement of reference signals in a small cell scenario is realized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaodong XU, Xi KE, Mingyang LI, Yang LIU, Yateng HONG, Ya LIU
  • Patent number: 10531355
    Abstract: A management apparatus, a measurement apparatus, a management method, a measurement method, and a digital device. The management apparatus at a user equipment side of a wireless communication system includes: a measurement unit, configured to perform wireless resource management measurement on reference signals of a target cell; an interference determination unit, configured to determine whether the interference of the measurement result meets a preset condition, and marking the measurement result with the interference meeting the preset condition as a high interference measurement result; a filtering unit, configured to perform layer-3 filtering on the measurement result; and a mobility management unit, configured to perform mobility management on the user equipment according to the high interference measurement result. Reliable and accurate measurement of reference signals in a small cell scenario is realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiaodong Xu, Xi Ke, Mingyang Li, Yang Liu, Yateng Hong, Ya Liu
  • Patent number: 10470239
    Abstract: A device and method in a wireless communication system. The device includes: a cell configuration unit configured to control periodic discontinuous transmission mode of cells according to a load condition of the cells and/or interference condition between the cells, and configure parameters of the periodic discontinuous transmission mode including periods; and a user equipment configuration unit configured to configure parameters of periodic discontinuous reception mode of a user equipment including periods according to the parameters of the periodic discontinuous transmission mode, so that the periods of the periodic discontinuous reception mode of the user equipment are compatible with the periods of the periodic discontinuous transmission mode, wherein each period of the periodic discontinuous transmission mode includes an activation time period and a dormancy time period, and a cell provides a service for the user equipment during the activation time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiaodong Xu, Yateng Hong, Ya Liu, Xi Ke
  • Publication number: 20190289523
    Abstract: A system that determines a cell density and cell type in an area corresponding to a location of a user equipment; determines a mobility state of the user equipment based on the determined cell density and the determined cell type; and controls cell reselection for the user equipment based on the determined mobility state of the user equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaodong XU, Cuibo YU, Yateng HONG, Ya LIU, Cong ZHENG, Liyao WEI, Xiaojia SONG, Zhongbin QIN
  • Publication number: 20190246406
    Abstract: A New Carrier Type (NCT) Secondary Component Carrier (SCC) activation control device and method, an management method and a base station device. The activation control device includes: a measuring module configured to perform radio link measurement to an SCC by measuring at least one of a demodulation reference signal DM-RS and a channel status indicator reference signal CSI-RS; and an activation control module configured to perform activation control to the SCC based on a measurement result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaodong XU, Yateng HONG, Ya LIU
  • Patent number: 10321468
    Abstract: A New Carrier Type (NCT) Secondary Component Carrier (SCC) activation control device and method, an management method and a base station device. The activation control device includes: a measuring module configured to perform radio link measurement to an SCC by measuring at least one of a demodulation reference signal DM-RS and a channel status indicator reference signal CSI-RS; and an activation control module configured to perform activation control to the SCC based on a measurement result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiaodong Xu, Yateng Hong, Ya Liu
  • Patent number: 10321378
    Abstract: A system that determines a cell density and cell type in an area corresponding to a location of a user equipment; determines a mobility state of the user equipment based on the determined cell density and the determined cell type; and controls cell reselection for the user equipment based on the determined mobility state of the user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiaodong Xu, Cuibo Yu, Yateng Hong, Ya Liu, Cong Zheng, Liyao Wei, Xiaojia Song, Zhongbin Qin
  • Patent number: 10187816
    Abstract: A user equipment device including circuitry that establishes a first radio link and a second radio link, the first radio link being between the user equipment and a first node, and the second radio link being between the user equipment and a second node, so that the user equipment is simultaneously communicatively connected with the first node and the second node using the first radio link and the second radio link respectively; determines whether a radio link problem has occurred in the first radio link; starts a first timer the radio link problem has occurred in the first radio link when the first timer expires; and reports, when the radio link problem has occurred, content comprising radio link information of the first radio link including radio link failure type to the second node via the second radio link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiaodong Xu, Yateng Hong, Ya Liu
  • Patent number: 10015705
    Abstract: A device and method in a radio communication system. The device includes: an acquisition unit for use in acquiring a signal quality of a mobile terminal relative to a source cell; an assessment unit for use in assessing the degree of change in the signal quality of the mobile terminal relative to the source cell on the basis of multiple signal qualities of the mobile terminal relative to the source cell acquired at every predetermined time interval; and, a triggering unit for use in triggering, on the basis of the degree of change in the signal quality of the mobile terminal relative to the source cell, the mobile terminal to submit a measurement result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaodong Xu, Yateng Hong, Ya Liu, Chengjin Luo
  • Publication number: 20180124619
    Abstract: A user equipment device including circuitry that establishes a first radio link and a second radio link, the first radio link being between the user equipment and a first node, and the second radio link being between the user equipment and a second node, so that the user equipment is simultaneously communicatively connected with the first node and the second node using the first radio link and the second radio link respectively; determines whether a radio link problem has occurred in the first radio link; starts a first timer the radio link problem has occurred in the first radio link when the first timer expires; and reports, when the radio link problem has occurred, content comprising radio link information of the first radio link including radio link failure type to the second node via the second radio link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiaodong Xu, Yateng Hong, Ya Liu
  • Publication number: 20180109987
    Abstract: A management apparatus, a measurement apparatus, a management method, a measurement method, and a digital device. The management apparatus at a user equipment side of a wireless communication system includes: a measurement unit, configured to perform wireless resource management measurement on reference signals of a target cell; an interference determination unit, configured to determine whether the interference of the measurement result meets a preset condition, and marking the measurement result with the interference meeting the preset condition as a high interference measurement result; a filtering unit, configured to perform layer-3 filtering on the measurement result; and a mobility management unit, configured to perform mobility management on the user equipment according to the high interference measurement result. Reliable and accurate measurement of reference signals in a small cell scenario is realized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiaodong XU, Xi KE, Mingyang LI, Yang LIU, Yateng HONG, Ya LIU
  • Patent number: 9913202
    Abstract: A device in a wireless communication system that includes circuitry that acquires location information of user equipment, calculates, according to at least the location information, stay time required for the user equipment to pass through the small cell, the stay time being a limited time, evaluates a mobility state of the user equipment according to the location information of the user equipment at different time by comparing the calculated stay time with a predetermined stay time threshold value, determines an operation from among a plurality of operations related to small cell detection according to changes in the mobility state and the location information of the user equipment, and execute the determined operation related to small cell detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiaodong Xu, Yateng Hong, Ya Liu, Chengjin Luo
  • Patent number: 9913156
    Abstract: A wireless communication system, an apparatus in the wireless communication system and a method. The apparatus at a user equipment side in the wireless communication system includes: a wireless link problem detector, detecting a first wireless link between a first node and a user equipment to determine whether a wireless link problem occurs; a timer configuration unit, which starts a first timer when detecting that the wireless link problem occurs on the first wireless link, wherein the user equipment considers that a wireless link failure event occurring on the first wireless link is detected when the first timer expires; and a wireless link information reporting unit, which reports content including wireless link information of the first wireless link to a second node through a second wireless link between the user equipment and the second node when detecting that the wireless link problem occurs on the first wireless link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiaodong Xu, Yateng Hong, Ya Liu
  • Publication number: 20170202052
    Abstract: A device and method in a wireless communication system. The device includes: a cell configuration unit configured to control periodic discontinuous transmission mode of cells according to a load condition of the cells and/or interference condition between the cells, and configure parameters of the periodic discontinuous transmission mode including periods; and a user equipment configuration unit configured to configure parameters of periodic discontinuous reception mode of a user equipment including periods according to the parameters of the periodic discontinuous transmission mode, so that the periods of the periodic discontinuous reception mode of the user equipment are compatible with the periods of the periodic discontinuous transmission mode, wherein each period of the periodic discontinuous transmission mode includes an activation time period and a dormancy time period, and a cell provides a service for the user equipment during the activation time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiaodong XU, Yateng HONG, Ya LIU, Xi KE
  • Publication number: 20160323763
    Abstract: A wireless communication system, an apparatus in the wireless communication system and a method. The apparatus at a user equipment side in the wireless communication system includes: a wireless link problem detector, detecting a first wireless link between a first node and a user equipment to determine whether a wireless link problem occurs; a timer configuration unit, which starts a first timer when detecting that the wireless link problem occurs on the first wireless link, wherein the user equipment considers that a wireless link failure event occurring on the first wireless link is detected when the first timer expires; and a wireless link information reporting unit, which reports content including wireless link information of the first wireless link to a second node through a second wireless link between the user equipment and the second node when detecting that the wireless link problem occurs on the first wireless link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiaodong XU, Yateng HONG, Ya LIU
  • Publication number: 20160212752
    Abstract: A New Carrier Type (NCT) Secondary Component Carrier (SCC) activation control device and method, an management method and a base station device. The activation control device includes: a measuring module configured to perform radio link measurement to an SCC by measuring at least one of a demodulation reference signal DM-RS and a channel status indicator reference signal CSI-RS; and an activation control module configured to perform activation control to the SCC based on a measurement result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiaodong XU, Yateng HONG, Ya LIU
  • Publication number: 20160081001
    Abstract: A system that determines a cell density and cell type in an area corresponding to a location of a user equipment; determines a mobility state of the user equipment based on the determined cell density and the determined cell type; and controls cell reselection for the user equipment based on the determined mobility state of the user equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Xiaodong XU, Cuibo YU, Yateng HONG, Ya LIU, Cong ZHENG, Liyao WEI, Xiaojia SONG, Zhongbin QIN